Okay, The Washington Post calls it "Plenty of Flaws Among the Facts". With subtitle "Candidates Made Questionable Claims", which is an excellent description, as long as no one else reads the article and has the ability to count.
Go ahead and read it. I found the ratio 2:1 in number of misstatements that Bush made compared to Kerry, and I'm being generous to Bush.
I understand the pressures to avoid the appearance of bias, and how a strongly worded headline may make feel partisans feel good but turn off some people who would otherwise be receptive to the message. But wouldn't it be nice if, just once, there was a headline that said, "President Bush Makes Twice As Many Misstatements as Sen. Kerry in Debate, and That's Just the Shit We Found in Two Hours"
(if you're wondering what I am referencing)
- KERRY: You can't stop all outsourcing, Charlie. I've never promised that. I'm not going to, because that would be pandering. You can't.
But what you can do is create a fair playing field, and that's what I'm talking about.
But let me just address what the president just said.
Ladies and gentlemen, that's just not true what he said. The Wall Street Journal said 96 percent of small businesses are not affected at all by my plan.
And you know why he gets that count? The president got $84 from a timber company that owns, and he's counted as a small business. Dick Cheney's counted as a small business. That's how they do things. That's just not right.
BUSH: I own a timber company?
(LAUGHTER)
That's news to me.
(LAUGHTER)
Need some wood?
(LAUGHTER)
KERRY: You're a part-owner in a timber compnay, you dumb ass. And you sure aren't getting any wood by looking at Laura.
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